Best 10 Yarns for Crochet Beginners

If I could hand one yarn to a brand new crocheter, it would be this. The Red Heart Super Saver comes as a 3-pack of worsted weight acrylic with 364 yards per skein, so you have enough to make mistakes and still finish a scarf or a granny square blanket. It sits near the top of the category at bestseller rank #341, and Thyme is a soft green that hides uneven stitches better than a bright color would.

Bernat Super Value is the other classic worsted, and the Peacock blue is one of those colors that looks better worked up than it does on the skein. Each ball is 7 oz, which means fewer ends to weave in over a big project. This is plain, reliable acrylic, and that’s the point.

Every crocheter ends up needing white, and Red Heart Super Saver in Soft White is the one to keep on hand. It’s the same forgiving worsted as the rest of the line, just in the color you’ll reach for when you’re following a pattern that calls for a neutral. Buy a skein now so you’re not pausing a project later.

Once your stitches are even, an ombre skein is a fun way to add color changes without learning to switch yarn. This Anthracite shade fades through grays, and Red Heart’s ombre does the work for you as you go. It carries a bestseller rank of #973, and it’s the same easy worsted base, so nothing about the handling changes.

Bernat Softee Chunky is a super bulky gauge 6 yarn, and that thickness is a gift when you’re still squinting at where the loop goes. The Emerald is deep and saturated, and a 3.5 oz ball gets you a long way on a hat or a cowl. This is the cheapest deal in the roundup and one of the most genuinely useful for a first project.

Lion Brand Hue + Me is a chunky yarn that feels a step nicer than basic acrylic, with a softer hand that I’d want against my neck. The Agave is a muted green-blue, and at bestseller rank #134 it’s clearly a favorite. If you want your first scarf to feel like something you’d actually wear, start here.

Go for Faux is Lion Brand’s faux fur yarn, and the Chinchilla colorway is plush and soft in a way that photographs well. Fair warning: fur yarn hides your stitches completely, so it’s harder to count rows, but that also means it forgives sloppy tension. I’d save this for a second project once basic stitches feel automatic.

Bernat Blanket Extra Thick is a #7 jumbo polyester yarn, and this single pack holds 21.12 oz, which is a lot of yarn for the money. It’s chenille-style and soft, so it’s popular for plush amigurumi and chunky blankets alike. It ranks #80 in the category. One honest caveat: chenille can be slippery and a little fussy to count stitches on, so go slow.

This Lion Brand set covers the J, K, and N hooks, which are the sizes that pair with the worsted and chunky yarns above. Buying the right hook for your yarn weight fixes half the tension problems beginners blame on themselves. It’s an inexpensive way to skip the guesswork of a giant mystery hook pack.

You will not finish a project cleanly without a yarn needle, and this TLKKUE set gives you 12 blunt tapestry needles in three sizes plus a threader. The large eye matters with chunky yarn, since a regular sewing needle won’t fit the strand. It’s the #1 bestseller in its slot, and it’s cheap enough to keep a set in every project bag.